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Train to Pakistan is a historical novel by writer Khushwant Singh, published in 1956. It recounts the Partition of India in August 1947 through the perspective of Mano Majra, a fictional border village.
A train from Pakistan arrives one morning, but no one gets off. It is a ghost train, it seems. Officers then ask the villagers for all of the wood and kerosene they can spare in exchange for money, and they oblige.
Train to Pakistan follows Juggut Singh, a Sikh guy in love with Nooran, a Muslim woman during the time of India-Pakistan separation in 1947, and tackles the heart-wrenching horrors of a period that led to a loss of hundreds and thousands of lives...
Train to Pakistan is the story of the small village of Mano Majra. It starts at the time of partition, soon after when the English have left India leaving a broken country in their wake. The muslims have fled to Pakistan and have had their independence for a day already.
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First published in 1956, Train to Pakistan is a classic of modern Indian fiction. Khushwant Singh is India’s best-known writer and columnist. He has been founder-editor of Yojana, and editor of the Illustrated Weekly of India, the National Herald and the Hindustan Times. He is also
